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23, 552 That’s the number of people who attended on Easter Sunday at a church started in the last twenty years with the help of Orchard Group. Among that number are individual stories of people who have heard the good news of Jesus for the first time, people who have found a family they can belong to, stories of renewal and second chances, stories of working in God’s Kingdom. 734 That’s the number of those people who were baptized last year! Several churches, including Collective Church (pictured below) celebrated baptisms on Easter Sunday. What a perfect way to visually represent the new life…

What does the birth of a baby mean to the world? When that baby is Jesus, the incarnation of God on earth, that birth signifies changed lives. Congratulations to our friends at Forefront Church in Brooklyn who were recently baptized! New life is yours through Jesus! But the Bethlehem start may lead me To the sight of Him who freed me From the self that I have been. – Gerard Manley Hopkins

Visiting Ireland is enjoyable. Visiting Dermot and Elevate Community Church is even better! Recently, ECC celebrated a baptism, baby dedications, and the highest attendance of first-time guests to their morning service. Elevate was planted in 2012. “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because He comes to His people and redeems them.” Luke 1:68

Congratulations to New City Church and all those who were baptized on Sunday! The One who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it. (more photos can be found on New City’s facebook page)

What does it feel like when the big party is over? After the cleanup of the streamers and the leftover food, when the wedding guests have returned home or the graduating senior has left for college, and the laughter of friends no longer echoes through the halls. Do you have moments when you replay the conversations, chuckle at a funny memory, smile with surprise that someone unexpected came? The days after Easter feel a bit like that at Orchard Group. Even as the “big party” celebration of Easter winds down, we still rejoice as good news pours in. Many of…

What a beautiful baptism picture from Mustard Seed Christian Church in Osaka, Japan. On Sunday, they celebrated their 20th baptism. Acts 16: “So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.” We’re seeing this growth in Japan as well. Happy (International) Monday!

In the heart of downtown Baltimore, overlooking sailboats docked along the inner harbor, The Foundry Church meets on Sunday morning to worship and pray and share stories of hope. A few blocks away is a decidedly different neighborhood, one marked by poverty, drugs and very few opportunities for youth. Lead planter Scott Ancarrow shares: “Baltimore is a proud city, but it is also one with very real needs and hurts. It has housing vacancies; people deal with addictions and need jobs. The Foundry Church wants to offer hope and healing to these two very distinct neighborhoods.” The Foundry was launched…

THREE baptisms at Village Church in Buffalo, NY TWO baptisms at Legacy Christian Church in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania TWO baptism Sundays in a row at Revolution Annapolis Behind these numbers are the significant stories of people who are walking in new life!

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